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In Search of Relativistic Time M In search of relativistic time M. Lachièze-Rey To cite this version: M. Lachièze-Rey. In search of relativistic time. Studies in History and Philosophy of Sci- ence Part B: Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics, Elsevier, 2014, 46, pp.38-47. 10.1016/j.shpsb.2014.01.001. hal-00915767 HAL Id: hal-00915767 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00915767 Submitted on 9 Dec 2013 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. In search of relativistic time Marc Lachi`eze-Rey APC - Astroparticule et Cosmologie (UMR 7164) Universite Paris 7 Denis Diderot December 9, 2013 to appear in Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics Abstract This paper explores the status of some notions which are usually as- sociated to time, like datations, chronology, durations, causality, cosmic time and time functions in the Einsteinian relativistic theories. It shows how, even if some of these notions do exist in the theory or for some par- ticular solution of it, they appear usually in mutual conflict: they cannot be synthesized coherently, and this is interpreted as the impossibility to construct a common entity which could be called time. This contrasts with the case in Newtonian physics where such a synthesis precisely con- stitutes Newtonian time. After an illustration by comparing the status of time in Einsteinian physics with that of the vertical direction in Newtonian physics, I will conclude that there is no pertinent notion of time in Einsteinian theories. Keywords time, causal structure, proper duration, cosmic time, spacetime 1 The vanishing of time The goal of this paper is to develop and to justify the affirmation that Einsteinian relativity is the theory of the vanishing of time; more exactly, of the replacement of space and time by space-time. Quoting Hermann Minkowski (1864 - 1909), “ The views of space and time which I wish to lay down for you have sprung from the soil of experimental physics, and therein lies their strength. They are radical. Henceforth space by itself, and time by itself, are doomed to fade away into mere shadows, and only a kind of union of the two will preserve an independent reality. ” (80th As- sembly of the German Natural Scientists and Physicians, K¨oln, september 21, 1908). This is true already for the special theory of relativity, and this 1 is its central property. This is still more crucial for the general theory of relativity. The analysis presented here offers no original idea (excepted the anal- ogy in section 3.1). Everything can be found in manuals or in some epistemological analyses concerning the Einsteinian relativistic theories.1 However, this literature is in general not concerned about the status of the notions analyzed here, and about the status of time in Einsteinian physics (see however the papers of Rovelli and Anderson in the refer- ences, whose conceptions agree with those presented here although with a different focus, more concerned with the attempts to quantize gravity; and the work of Barbour [3], who defends an original position which goes however beyond the frame of Einsteinian physics). The goal here is to offer a synthesis and a panorama of the notions which could be claimed to be linked to time, and to give a clear explanation of what is meant by the disappearance of time in Einsteinian theories. This clarification appears desirable since one finds often in the liter- ature references to time in the analysis of a relativistic situation. This short way to refer to a time function or a proper duration may give the false impression that such notions have the properties that we usually at- tribute to time. Apart from being a possible source of false statements, this may orient an ontological analysis into erroneous directions. Thus I estimate that this review may be especially useful for philosophers. The paper analyzes the notions of datation, chronology, durations, causality and cosmic time, both in the Newtonian and Einsteinian the- ories. In Newtonian physics, these notions can be synthesized to form “ Newtonian time ”. Here, I defend the conclusion that, even if some of these notions do exist in Einsteinian theories, or in some particular solu- tion of them, it is impossible to synthesize them coherently to construct a common entity which could be called time, as is the case in Newtonian physics. In section 2, I analyze the collection of the main characteristics of Newtonian time, in relation with the notions mentioned above, whose synthesis precisely leads to the construction of time (through the property of datation). Then, section 3 introduces special relativity, and illustrates the disappearance of time there; first by showing that some of the above notions with temporal flavor have no counterpart; secondly by showing that the different remaining notions — causal structure, proper durations and time-functions — cannot be synthesized coherently to construct an entity with the properties of time. In section 3.1 I suggest an original historical analogy to illustrate this absorption of time into space-time. Section 4 introduces the general theory of relativity and, concentrating on the differences with the special theory, I show how the disappearance of time is still more crucial. I present (section 5) a specific analysis of time-functions in the theory that I illustrate (section 5.3) with the case of 1 As it is well known, the Galilean or Newtonian physics is also relativistic, in the sense that it obeys the Relativity Principle. I will however conform to the usage of calling “ special relativity ” and “ general relativity ” the two Einsteinian theories. Hereafter, “ Einsteinian” will refer to both theories where the status of the notions analyzed here are analogous. For instance, Einsteinian space-time refers both to the Minkowski spacetime of special relativity, and to the space-time of general relativity. 2 cosmology and cosmic time. 2 Newtonian time “ What, then, is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks me, I do not know. Yet I say with confidence that I know that if nothing passed away, there would be no past time; and if nothing were still coming, there would be no future time; and if there were nothing at all, there would be no present time. ” Augustine, (Chapter XV:17) The success of Newtonian physics was largely due to the introduction of a frame for Physics: the Universe, unique and unified by definition. This is a prerequisite for the universality of the physical laws, which is itself a requirement for the scientific methodology; in other words, a necessary condition for physics: no physics without universal law (a prerequisite for experimental methodology) ; no universal law without an universal framework. Newton defined this universal framework to be composed of space and time, whose properties are given in his Principia. In many aspects, the Newtonian conceptions about space and time agree with those of our intuition. This helps a lot for understanding them. On the other hand, this may be an obstacle for realizing that they do not represent the reality of the world; in particular that there is no analog to the Newtonian time in nature, as well expressed in the Einsteinian relativistic theories. Since Newton, many observational and experimental results have shown to physicists that the real world is incompatible with the existence of New- tonian time. Although this is well known, I claim that it is incompatible with the notion of time itself, defined as an entity admitting a minimum collection of properties that we usually attribute to time. Although this is well taken into account by the Einsteinian theories of relativity, this is a property of nature which does not depend on any physical theory or model, and which is more and more confirmed by our progressing experi- mental and observational exploration of the world. How is it possible to reconcile this fact with our use of the notion of time in ordinary life ? Which time-related notions can be defined in relativistic theory? I will try to answer these questions. Although nobody, in physics or in philosophy, has claimed to give a definitive and complete definition of time, we know quite well the proper- ties of Newtonian time. Whatever we would like to call “ time ” should share at least a subsample of these properties. Thus, it is a prerequisite for the study of temporal notions in any theory to examine the properties of Newtonian time. Many particular circumstances offer the possibility to define some en- tities with temporal flavor, i.e., which share such or such property of the Newtonian time (e.g., “ proper times”, or “ cosmic time”). I claim that we must resist the temptation of referring to them as time, since it is impossible to reconcile them with other properties that we also desire associate to time, without generating contradictory statements. This is 3 what I interpret as a manifestation of the impossibility of existence of time. 2.0.1 The Newtonian space-time A large part of this paper will compare some properties of Newtonian Physics with those of Einsteinian Physics. But it may be not easy to really appreciate the deep differences between the two theories, because they are masked by their different formulations.
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